Peter Cox, convener of the Australia India Chamber of Commerce National Industry Group for Real Estate and Infrastructure, shared insights on the diverse organizations in the group. These include companies with real estate portfolios, building construction firms, professional advisors like architects and engineers, and technology firms, especially in prop-tech. Cox recounted his bold move into the Indian market in 2000, drawn by growth potential as his consultancy hit a glass ceiling in...

In our first How India™ podcast episode, host by Steve Davis talks to Jasmine Batra of Arrow Digital. Jasmine is the co-convener of the Technology Innovation and Startup National Industry Group, reflects on her first start-up, Employ India, launched in 1998. At a time when the internet was accessed through dial-up connections and search engines like Yahoo and AltaVista dominated, Jasmine, fresh out of her MBA, co-founded a job portal to connect Indian IT professionals with overseas...

From tragedy comes inspiration. Nick Lee is the Founders and Chair at the Jodi Lee Foundation, raising awareness about bowel cancer.  The Jodi Lee Foundation was created in honour of Nick’s wife who passed away from bowel cancer in 2010.  In this podcast you will discover the power of passion, the importance of collaboration, inspiration to use your voice and a strategic view of a successful NFP organisation.  Not to mention you will receive important insights around health and well being in...

Binh is the friendly face of Market Ease Digital.  In this podcast episode, Binh shares how collaboration is an integral part of his business.  Binh tells the wonderful story of his childhood and how it shaped who he is today as a business leader. This has also shaped the culture of his business and how he supports his team, with a focus on growth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AgriWebb is a livestock management software company that was started by the three founders including John in a garage in Melbourne in 2014.  The business now has 70 staff, a head office in Sydney, a UK office, a US office and has recently entered Brazil with a key partner. They have customers across 16 countries offering software as a service to farmers. In this interview John shares the growth story of the business, including their recent partnership with Cargill to support Brazilian cattle...

Robert Statham of the Bespoke Manufacturing Group is the guest of Natasha's 'Power of Collaboration' podcast this month.  Robert has seen significant growth recently, and he attributes strong relationships as a key principle that has underpinned his growth, along with a philosophy of incremental progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cate McGuire is not a technical expert in refrigeration, yet runs a significant industrial refrigeration business based in South Australia. She has embedded a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Listen to the podcast to learn about Oomiak Day, just one of the ways that she builds trust and connections in the business.  Cate is all about ‘performance through understanding’.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ChatGPT: The AI model that's not taking over the world... (yet). Tune in to learn its limitations and how to use it to your advantage. Be warned: it's not a replacement for your marketing strategy or team, but it can be a trusty sidekick.

Boost Instagram with an Audit. Improve on your Instagram strategy, get rid of outdated tactics, boost conversions, and make evergreen content even better. Get the 5 Step checklist here Please review on Apple Podcasts  In Apple Podcasts app on your phone  Find Click  'CariaCares Digital Strategy' Listen to the latest episode (until the end) Click ‘…’ (bottom right) Click ‘Go to Show’ Scroll down to ‘Write a Review’ and click Enter 5 stars (most appreciated) and Leave a comment about what...

Caria talks about ‘marketing agility’ and lessons learned (good and bad)

Richard Turner is the Founder of Zen Energy and Author of his new book ‘The Essential Entrepreneur’. Richard has founded four significant companies, including Zen Energy that was involved in a merger in 2017 and demerger in 2020 with the GFG Group. He shares his 40 years of learning and some key insights from his new book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Stollznow is the Managing Director of MyVenue. MyVenue is a Point of Sale solution purposely built for venues selling food and beverage.  Tim shares insights into ‘how to do a start up’ leveraging collaboration, creating the right culture and getting the fundamentals of a business in place early. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Masterson is the Managing Director of Everedge.  Everedge is a global advisory and transaction firm specialising in intangible assets.  An intangible asset is 'any asset that you can't kick with your shoe'.  What does this mean for you?  What levers can you pull to maximise value and reduce risk in your business (both inversely correlated)? Where is there true value in your business? What are your intangible assets?  Tune in to this amazing thought-provoking podcast to find out...

Mike Scott is the Head of Product Partnerships and Web3 at Yoco. Mike is an entrepreneur, and part of a team that built Nona Digital to become a globally respected software design and development agency with a focus on the finsec and blockchain scale ups. Nona was acquired by Yoco in 2022. Mike shares a number of rich insights around collaboration, partnerships, leadership, environment and so so much more.  "These things are not complicated but they are difficult". All business leaders will...

Stan Kontos bought his first pharmacy in 1991 with his business partner, Peter. Star Pharmacy Group now has 59 pharmacies within the group across Australia. Stan had a seven-year itch that triggered new learnings about systemising a business, that lead to significant growth.  “You alone can do it, but you can not do it alone” says Stan. Collaboration underpins his business model. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anjani Amriit and Natasha Malani share a number of insights around what builds trust and makes collaboration successful.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharon Ferrier of Persuasive Presentations shares a number of practical tips and insights in regard to communication, networking, building rapport and trust which all underpins successful collaboration.  How do you best sell your organisation and yourself? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christine Molitor, Director of Be Sustained and SA Leaders Advisory Board Member has a plethora of experience. Her experience ranges from executive recruitment, coaching and leadership from within corporate roles ,and running her own business. This episode includes some insightful case studies on companies that she has worked with developing strategic plans, and of course collaboration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dean Cook, Director and Principal Engineer of RJE Global shares insights into the organic growth of the business from 6 people to 300 people; the culture of the organisation; and some of the complexities faced relating to Collaboration which in essence the business model relies upon. RJE Global delivers multi-discipline engineering and construction services to complex projects across a diverse range of industry sectors across the globe.  The growth of the business has evolved based upon...

Managing Director of Exiis, Nic Tolley along with his wife Isabel grew Exiis from 6 people to 170 people over the past 10 years.  Nick is an instinctive leader, and in this podcast he shares his insights into strategy, leadership and culture.  Nick shares unique case studies about how collaboration with clients and staff have led to significant growth. Nick acknowledges the industrial services industry is unique, and the fact that they clean things that no on else wants to, has provided...

CEO of Zoos SA, Elaine Bensted has her dream job with the best office.  She has been the CEO since 2012 where she developed the Zoos SA first strategic plan, 20-year master plan, increased membership and more to rebuild a sustainable organisation.  Zoos SA has a solid purpose focused on the conservation of species. It is diverse, complex and has been significantly impacted by Covid19. Collaboration has underpinned many successful initiatives. Elaine approaches challenges with a mindset of...

Founder and Managing Director of Edible Blooms, Kelly Jamieson built an e-commerce business with perishable products that turned over $1m plus in its first year being 16 years ago.  Partnerships, culture and collaboration have been key to the growth of the business, in addition to the right business model, marketing (customer acquisition) and customer engagement, and being at the forefront utilising technology.  Kelly shares her strategies to success including the 90% rule.  This is an...

Chief Executive of The City of Adelaide, Clare Mockler shares insights to managing a diverse business within local government that includes for profit entities, and a range of community services. Clare shares some nuggets of knowledge in relation to leadership and strategic thinking within a large organisation that can be applied to all businesses.  Collaboration is a ‘value’ of the organisation, and as a senior leader she models and instils this behaviour throughout the organisation. See...

Managing Director of Mott McDonald, David Johnson grew Mott McDonald in Asia Pacific from 2 people to over 1000 people over the past ten years.  David shares his insights into strategy, leadership and culture.  David shares case studies about how collaboration, innovation, and culture, paired with technical excellence, transformed a global engineering company to do so much more to impact the world we live in including the way we digitise and use data, achieve carbon neutrality and create...